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Suspense.

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This is the Man in Black.

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Here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense.

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Two of Hollywood's most deaf players are with us tonight.

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This Geraldine Fitzgerald and Sir Cedric Hardwick.

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These Fitzgerald and Sir Cedric are here to match wits in a suspenseful tale by John Dixon

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Carr called Will You Walk into My Parlor?

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If you've been with us on these Tuesday nights, you will know that suspense is compounded

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of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure.

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In this series, our tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious

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situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment.

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And so with Will You Walk into My Parlor?

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And the performances of Geraldine Fitzgerald and Sir Cedric Hardwick, we again hope to

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keep you in Suspense.

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Just how far does any man trust his wife or his fiance either, for that matter?

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An English bazaar, a garden party in the grounds of Leighton Hall in Kent one fine summer afternoon

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before the war.

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Leighton Hall is the home of Major and Mrs. Grant, always ready in the cause of charity.

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There's the stern red brick of the hall rising above oak trees.

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Against green lawns are the stalls and the swings and the roundabouts and the coconut

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chives.

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They are not well patronized now because a summer storm is coming up and the wind is

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whipping at the tents, flapping the gaudy banners in a fantastic manner and sending

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the spectators hurrying away in search of shelter.

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But over in a far corner is the fortune teller's tent, bawdy and purple and gold, yet with

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more than just a suggestion of mystery.

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Beside it is a miniature shooting gallery, presided over by Major Grant himself.

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Near the center of the bazaar is the bandstand where the village musicians play lustily

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to keep the patronizers from leaving.

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But as the wind rises, it seems that only two of them are oblivious to the coming storm,

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for they are in love.

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The young man is tall in sport coat and flannels.

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The young lady in a flowing gown of a startling beauty which suggests a halo, a startling

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beauty that blows against the gray of the sky and the paint of the tents.

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She has her hand on his arm for protection against what, you ask?

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Nothing, just for protection.

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Philip darling, I want to get my fortune told before we leave.

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Mary, the wind, I'm sure is going to pour any minute.

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Oh, it won't take long.

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We'll beat the storm, wait and see.

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I hate to drag you away from the match, but I do want to visit him.

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You don't believe in that rubbish, do you Mary?

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No, I don't suppose I do.

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But I never can resist getting my fortune told.

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I suppose it's a woman's prerogative.

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And they say this man is overly good.

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They say it's marvelous how he can tell you all about yourself.

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You know that already, don't you?

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Oh Phil darling, please don't be so unimaginative.

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All right, Mary, I'll be good.

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Who is the fortune teller, by the way?

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There's his sign on the tent, the great Omar,

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palmist and crystalgazer, sees all, knows all.

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No, I mean, who is he in real life, friend of the major's?

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Maybe the major could tell us.

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There he is now.

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Hello there, you two.

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Over here.

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Hello, Major.

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Please, Phil, we don't have to go there, do we?

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Go where?

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To that shooting range of the major's.

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I hate guns.

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It's right next to the fortune teller's tent, Mary,

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and we can't assault our host.

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Coming, Major.

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Look at the major, he's beaming all over his face

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and twisting that white mustache into a corkscrew.

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I suppose he's heard about us.

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Mary, my very contrary woman, you're not ashamed of being

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engaged to me, are you?

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Oh, you know it's nothing like that, Phil.

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I'm much too much in love with you.

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Only all the old cats in the village

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are probably saying awful things about me.

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Now what the devil could they be saying about you?

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Mary Sherwood, Phil Lester.

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Hello, Major Grant.

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Oh, you young rascals, you young so-and-sos.

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Give me a hand, each of you.

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And many congratulations.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much, Major.

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We feel rather pleased about it ourselves.

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Pleased I do.

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And you, young woman, you come over here

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and then you'll have every one of us Britishers

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at your feet, what do you do, but snary a fellow American

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when he's helpless and away from home.

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And do I love being snared?

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Yes, old girl, it looks as though you had your man

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where you wanted him.

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Now tell me your secret, are you a demon in disguise?

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Please, Major Grant.

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It's an awfully good desire, isn't it, if she is.

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Please, Major, please, Phil.

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Why, is anything wrong?

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No, nothing, but it's getting dark and the wind's rising.

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It's going to pour any minute now.

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Oh, a moment before you were the one who said not to worry.

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Oh, that won't matter, my girl.

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The show's nearly over anyway.

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We did pretty well, if I do say so myself.

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We came over here really to see the fortune teller.

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If you don't mind letting go of my hand.

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No, you don't, my girl, not a bit of it.

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You won't let me go?

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Not until you patronize this charity.

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As a preparation of polishing off your husband after marriage,

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why not try a few rounds with a rifle?

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Show us what kind of a shot you are.

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No, please.

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No, no, no, here's a neat little model, Winchester 61.

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22 caliber, yeah, try it.

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I know it's stupid and silly on me,

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and it's not the rifle really.

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It's anything to do with death.

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Death?

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I mean anything that suggests death.

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Ever since I was a child,

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I've never even been able to look at a dead person

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in a coffin, it scares me.

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Mary, a dead person?

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Somebody's going to get killed, darling.

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You just fire away and see if you can hit the target.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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All right, if you insist, I...

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Watch out!

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Bullseye, you've hit the electric light in the roof.

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You're not supposed to aim at that.

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Oh, I'm so sorry, I...

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Look here, speaking of dying,

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if that's your style of target shooting,

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down if I'm not going to crawl out from under this counter

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and stand behind her.

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Here, make way.

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It isn't funny, Phil.

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I'm sorry, but I can't go on with this.

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Here's the rifle.

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All right, here I am.

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Sorry, Mary, if I'd known it was going to affect you like this.

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Oh, it's all right.

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I tell you what, you run along

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and see the fortune teller, my dear.

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Come with me, Phil, won't you?

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He'll only admit one at a time.

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Well, why don't you go ahead, darling?

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I'll wait for you here.

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All right, Phil.

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You know, Major, I am an idiot for upsetting her.

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You're a very lucky young fellow, my lad.

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I hope you realize that.

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Oh, I realize it all right.

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I hope this fortune teller doesn't keep her in there very long.

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Yeah, why?

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Look at the sky, it's getting black as pitch.

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If you're not careful, this wind is going to blow

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all your tents into the next county.

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Well, these tents are pretty securely pegged, young fellow.

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I think we can risk it.

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It's so dark that...

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Wait a minute, look there.

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Yeah, where?

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The fortune teller's tent.

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He's got a light inside

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and you can see his shadow against the tent.

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It's like his shadow's green.

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Look, sir, there's Mary going in.

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Now she's sitting down across the table from him.

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I say, young fellow,

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do you happen to know who the fortune teller really is?

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No, as a matter of fact, I was going to ask you.

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Well, I'll tell you a little secret.

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He's a detective inspector from Scotland Yard.

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A what?

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A detective inspector from Scotland Yard.

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He came down here on business, forged half-prounds or something.

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So the chief constable and I asked him to do our,

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be our fortune teller.

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He's one of these glittering-eyed blokes

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and in a turban with brown paint on his face.

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Does he know anything about palmistry?

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No, no, but he knows a lot about human nature.

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That, my lad, is Inspector Brandon.

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He's a specialist in poison cases.

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They say never forgets a face.

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Wait a minute.

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Why, is anything wrong?

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What's he saying to Mary?

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Look at those shadows.

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Mary's jumped up and back to waiting.

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He's pointing his finger at her.

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Now she's backing out of the tent.

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Look, Major, he's following her.

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Can you hear what he's saying?

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Remember, my dear, ashes to ashes and dust to dust.

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No, no.

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Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.

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Mary, darling, get hold of yourself.

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Mary.

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Darling, you shouldn't get all upset over that fortune

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telling lingo.

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What's wrong with you?

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What was he saying to you?

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Saying to me?

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Nothing at all, really.

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Only the usual thing about a happy life and a little illness,

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but nothing serious.

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Then why were you so frightened?

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Frightened?

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But I wasn't frightened.

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Oh, no, Mary, I'm sorry.

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I saw your shadow on the wall of that tent

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and I heard you shrieking.

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I think I'll go in and get my fortune told

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and see what all this is about.

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Phil, you mustn't.

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Why not?

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I felt a drop of rain on my head.

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It's going to pour down in a second.

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Hadn't we better run for the house?

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Well, you go on up to the house, Mary.

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Oh, Phil, I don't want to be by myself.

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All right, then, dear.

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There's the Major.

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Here, give him this gun, will you?

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I'll be with you in a moment.

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I'm going to see that faker.

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Fortune teller, may I come in?

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You may.

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Please to enter.

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Thank you.

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Sit down in the chair opposite to me.

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First tell me the date of your birth,

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then look at the crystal on the table in front of you.

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Just a minute, Inspector Brandon.

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Do you mind if we drop the mumbo jumbo?

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Well, as a matter of fact, I'd like to drop it.

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It's been rid of a strain talking like Hamlet's ghost.

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Well, what's on your mind?

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Well, maybe it's only the heat or my own nerves,

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but what were you saying to Miss Sherwood?

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Miss who?

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The young lady who was just in here, my fiancee.

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What's wrong?

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Why did you jump like that?

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Did you say fiancee?

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Of course, why not?

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Now look here, mister.

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Oh, my name is Lester, Philip Lester.

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And what did you say her name is?

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Mary Sherwood.

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Here, what's all this mystery?

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Tell me, Mr. Lester, has she lived here in the village

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for very long?

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Oh, only about six months.

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How long have you been engaged to her?

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Believe me, I have a reason for asking that.

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How long have you been engaged?

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Well, a week tomorrow, but...

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A week tomorrow?

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Hmm.

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Did she by any chance invite you to dinner

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at her house tomorrow night?

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Dinner?

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Has she?

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Yes, as a matter of fact, she has, but I don't see...

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You know who this Mary Sherwood really is?

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No?

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Well, I'll tell you, she is...

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Inspector Brandon!

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Ah!

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Never stand with your shadow against the light!

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Here, hit!

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Mr. Brandon, I'm terribly sorry,

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but Philip shouldn't have given me this dreadful rifle to hold.

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All I did was touch the trigger by accident.

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I hope I haven't hit anything.

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In the quiet village of Sutton, later that same night,

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after the unfortunate accident that couldn't be helped,

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a rather white-faced young man, Philip Lester,

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slips down the road, pauses in front of the door to the inn,

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starts to enter, and then changes his mind.

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He looks over his shoulder and then walks around the building,

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being very careful to stay within its shadow.

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He slips in through the side door and makes sure that no one sees him,

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as he makes his way quietly up the stairs

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to a darkened passageway outside the bedrooms,

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glances at the number on the first door,

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and then hurries down the hall,

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stops in front of room 27.

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Oh!

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Yes?

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Come in!

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Inspector Brandon, I...

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Why, I thought...

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Close the door, close it quickly.

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Yes, sir.

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You...

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You're sitting up.

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And taking an audition, thank you.

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Oh...

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Excuse me, Inspector, but I...

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heard you were still unconscious and not expected to live.

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Yes, that was the report that I asked Dr. Stiles to give out.

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But why?

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I had my reasons, Mr. Lester.

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As you can see, fortunately, I was the recipient of only a flesh wound

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across the left shoulder.

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It bled a little, but not much.

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Then, Inspector, poor Mary's nearly frantic.

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She thinks she's killed you. Let me ring her up and...

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Stay away from her telephone!

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Why?

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Because...

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Because I want to tell you a few things about Miss Mary Sherwood.

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In the first place, she isn't a miss.

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She's...

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She's had three husbands already.

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What?

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All of whom died a violent death

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by poisoning.

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What are you trying to tell me?

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Now, just a moment before you lose your temper.

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Three husbands and one fiancée whom she didn't bother to marry.

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First, the fiancée.

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They made mutual wills in each other's favor.

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Exactly a week after the engagement,

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following dinner at her house, this fellow was taken ill.

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Ah, he died before morning in Titanic convulsion.

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Inspector, that's ridiculous.

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Mary, why she's so young and innocent.

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Young, perhaps, but...

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I don't believe it.

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Don't take my word for it.

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I've sent Sergeant Lamb to London on the file.

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You can see photographs and fingerprints.

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I still don't believe it.

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Then tell me, Mr. Lester.

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You're quite a wealthy man, aren't you?

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Yes, I'm fairly well off.

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Have you and this woman made a will in each other's favor?

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Mary wouldn't need to do that.

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She's got plenty of money and a collection of jewels worth,

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I don't know how much.

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I quite agree, but you haven't answered my question.

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Have you made a will in each other's favor?

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Yes.

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Whose suggestion was that?

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Yours or hers?

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I don't remember.

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We started talking and agreed it would be a sensible idea.

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But it shocked you a little, didn't it?

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Now, you wondered why it was necessary.

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It's back to the...

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A minute ago, you were talking about photographs

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and fingerprints.

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Well?

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You don't mean Mary's been on trial.

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She has been on trial three times.

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Yes, three times, and under three different names.

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But she was acquitted.

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Yes, because she had a cast-down alibi.

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There, you see?

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Wait.

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She was acquitted simply because the prosecution couldn't

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show how the poison was administered.